Car-door-lockimtg device



CAR DOOR LOOKING DEVICE. APPLICATION min um. 12,- 1922 Patented Oct; 24 1922.

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- CAR-DOOIt-LOCKING nEvIon,

" "Application filed January 12, 1922. Serial No. 52s,s07.

To all "ugh-077i Mindy/concern) v Be it known that WILLIAM E.- WINE and VVILLIAM F. CREMEAN, citizens of the United States,7residing at Toledo, in. the county of Lucas and; State of Ohio have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car- DooraLocking Devices, ofwhich the follow ing" is a specification. 1

improvements in car doorflockingfdevices and has among its-objectsto providemeans for supporting the door; in a temporary or partly closed position to provide a fulcrum point whereby the door may be easily forced or pried'from its temporary position to a locked position and means for preventinglongitndinal movement of thefree edge of the door in either a forward orv rearward direction.

art, drop bottom doors of freight cars soon become warped and distorted in service, due both to the rolling action of the car and to the heavy loads imposed upon the doors, and

although the doors may be raised andnearly closed; relatively great force hasv to be applied at the final movement of the doors to force them toa closed position.

, Also the doors .have a tendency to move longitudinally or shift which is damaging to the hingedconn ection and after relatively short service, the doors "often have to be repaired; I v

The invention, shortly to be described in detail, provides locking means whichwill support the doors in a temporary POSJtlOIl, [from which position they will be pried to" v a closed pjosition and there securely locked; a fulcrum means being provided for each door which also acts as afguidefor the'closingof the door andj'prevents the longi tudinal movement of the door 1n one direc 1 tion, while .the main supporting member, or

pivotal hooklooks the door in "its uppermostand closed position and also prevents longitudinalmovement ofthe door in the oppo site direction. i

Withfhese and other objects in view our" invention "consists in certainnew and novel structures, and combination of parts. as will; "be" hereinafter more fully] described. and" pointed out in the claims. I

,Y Referring now to the dr a diagrammatic .vi'ew showing Our invention relates to new and useful As is'well known tothose skilled inthe ine sh wi a preferred embodiment of. our invention,

the locking means applied to each of the and: partly closed position, and

i Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryd'etailed sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.- i

, Referring now to the several views showingsa preferred embodiment, there'is shown afreight car 1, having the'upright sup- 3, a channel section 4 (see Fig. 3), a portion of an upright sheathingfi and the floor 6. Aportion of the floor 7' is cut away and extending beneath this portion is the door showing the doorsupported in .a temporary ports 2, a portion ofthe transverse support 8 which is hinged at its inner end'to a bracket9, which in turnis riveted to an angle 10 and a portion of the center sill 11.

Further referring to Figs. 3 and 5," there is shown beyond the outer free edge of the door,a bracket 12 which is riveted to one leg of thechannelid and to which bracket 12 are riveted the lower ends of the I supports 2.

upright The door 8 is shown as made up of a plu-- rality of wooden planks 13, over which may be placed a metal covering 14, and bolted to the bottom'of the door and extending from its inner end to a distance beyond its outer end, is the angle 15.

" Also bolted or riveted tothelower leg of the section 4; is the plate 16 which; plate, as

1 will be noticed in Figs. 2 and 4c, is so posie.

tioned that it will form a stop and guide against which the vertical leg of theangle 5 1 5 will abut when the door is in its "closed position. -q This plate 16 is provided-with the opening 17in which maybe placeda rod or bar 18 to Iprythe door to a closed, posi-' fla i W111 o y befldesoribed, andis beveled at its lower edge j Referring now to the supporting and lockmg means asattached to the body ofthe car,

.it will'loe seen that a housing 18' is applied to the 'outsideof. the cara'ndmay. be riveted or otherwise secured to the section 4, which,

in reality is aside sill.

: This housing 18 has piyotally noma the hook in its forward locked-position, as

parts as shown in the drawings contemplates clearly shown in Fig.2.

It will be noticed that by the hook engag ing the outer end of the angle 15, and,at one side thereof, and the plate 16 abutting againstthe other leg of the angle, the door is prevented from any lateral or transverse movement, Furthermore, the door will be tightly locked in its closed positionand the dogwill hold the hook firmly under the free edge of the angle 15 on the door.

The operation of the door and the lockingdevice is enceedmgly simple. Presuming that the dog 22 is swung rearwardly as shown in a, the door will be first raised manually until the endof the angle 15 may be engaged by the temporary supporting ledge 20 of the book 19. From this temporary supported position the door maybe pried to its final and looked position by inserting the bar 18 within the opening 17 .o'f the plate 16 sothat the inner end of the bar 18 will engage the door. After the door has been pried or forced to its closed position,

- the hook 19 will be torcedunder the outerend or the angle 15 so that the ledge 20 of the hook will engage the said angle and sup- .port the doorQdVheri the door is thus in its supported position, the dog. 22 will be jammed downwardlyand the door tightly locked in its closed and supported position.

From the foregoing it willbe seen that We have provided a locking device which will.

first support the door in a temporary posi tion, and from wh ch position the door may 7 be readily pried or forced to a looked position, which is accomplished by providing a fulcrum point and temporary supporting .ine'ans. vAgain by positioning the bracket 16 to abut agamstthe one leg of the angle 15 and having a hook engaging the opposite leg oi the angle, not only will the door he rigidly supported in its closed position, but will also beheld tightly against transverse or lateral movement The arrangement of the that the hook shall be forcedunder the angle 1 5 in finally closed and supported. position to such "an extent that further inward movenient or the hook is arrestedpby contact of "the angle against the side of the hook. When the hook is now looked, as bymeans or dog 22, it will be seen the slippage iotthe door away from the plate 16 will be prevented by the jammin of the door angle the side of the locked hook 19 .as ust descr'1bed. And;the-plate. 16willin it- A, selfprevent slippage of the door Bl petite dir etib'n.

inihe, op-v by Le Patent is? 1'. In a door device for railway cars, a

door hinged to the car body, a bracket affixed to the door, a guide affixed to the car body and arranged to cooperate with the said door bracket to prevent longitudinal movement otthe free edge of thedoor in one direction with respect to the car body, and means for supporting the free edge of the door from the car body, said supporting means includ ing means for preventing longitudinal movement of the freeedge of the'door in the opposite direction w1th respect to the car body. i i

2. In a door device for railway cars, a door hinged to the car body, a supporting bracket affixed to the door a door-supporting member pivoted upon the body and arranged to be swung from one side of the said supporting bracket into a position cooperating therewith to support the door in closed position, a member affixed tothe car body in such position as to guidably cooperate with theopposite side of the said sinaporting bracket, means associated with the said door supporting member and the supporting bracket for limiting the movement of the former into engaging position, and means associated with the door-supporting member for holding the same in engagement with the doorsupporting bracket.

3. In combination with a car having. a drop door, a membersecured to the bottom oi the door, a pivotal hook secured to the side of the car body, and engaging the outer end of the member on said bottom of the door. means fastened-to the car body and located to the other sidev of the member on the bottom of thedoorfrom that of the hook, said hook supporting said door,and

locking the same in its closed position and said hook and said means that issecured to the side of the carbodyholding the door tion, a pivotal hook secured to the car body and on theopposite side ofsaid member.

: said hook supporting the door in its closed position and preventing lateral movement of the door in theopposite direction, and an auxiliary means'fo'rmed on saidhook to hold the door in aparuy, open position;

.. Incombination' with a freight car hav;

ing a drop bottoiii' door, an angle secured to the bottom of said door and extending beyond the free edge [thereof to forma lodge, a plate secured to the side of the car body adjacent said le'dge'whenfthe door is in its closed position to thereby prevent lateral movement of the door in one direction, a hook pivotally mounted on the side of the car body above said ledge and engaging said ledge to support the door in a closed positionand prevent lateral movement of the door inthe opposite direction, an auxlllary ing a dropbottom door, anangular member secured tothe door and extending out-i wardly beyond the free edge thereof to form a supporting ledge, a plate secured to the car body and located adjacent one leg of said angle when the door is in its closed position, a hook pivotally mounted. on the side of the carabovesaid ledge and said hook engaging the upper leg of said angle to thereby support'the door and cooperate with said plate-to prevent lateral movement of the free edge of said door, an auxiliary supporting ledge formed on said hook for engaging said angular door member and holding the door in a partly opened posi- "tion, said plate provided with an opening for the insertion of'a bar to lift said door to its final closed position, and meansv for holdingthe hook in-its final forward and locked position.

7. In oombinationwith a freight car having a drop bottomdoor, an angular member secured togthe door a andextending outwardly beyond'the free edge thereof to form a supporting ledge, a plate having its lower edge bevelled 110 form' a guide, said plate secured to the car body and 10mm adjacent one leg of said angle when'the door is in its closed position, a hook pivots "ally mounted on the side of. the car above said ledge and saidhook engaging the upper leg of said angle to therebysupport the door and cooperate with said plate to pre vent lateral movement of the free edge of said door, an auxiliary supporting ledge formed on said hook for engaging said an- 1 gular door member and holding thedoor'in a partly opened position, said plate provided with an opening for the insertion of a bar to lift said door'to its final closed position,

and means forrholdin'g the hook in its final I forward and locked position. v v

8. In a door device for railway cars,-'a

door' hinged to the car body, a bracket; affixed to the door, a guide aflixed to'the'car body and arranged to'cooperate with said bracket to prevent longitudinal movement of a free edge of the door in one direction with respect to the car body, means for supporting the free edge of the door, and also cooperating with said bracket, said support ing means, preventing longitudinal movement of the. free edge of the door in the opposite direction with respectto the car body, and; said guide providing a seat adapted for the reception of means 'for assisting in opening and closing the door.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa:

tures. 7

WILLIAM EWINE.

*WI'LLIAM F. CREMEAN'. 

